[R] How do I know where is R? - VB Programming

[Peter Dalgaard]

Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On 14/07/2009 7:22 PM, Haoda Fu wrote:
>> Dear all -
>>
>> Is there anyone know how to let VB or C# know where I install R 
>> automatically(i.e. auto detect R directory)?
> 
> On Windows if you run the installer it will record its location in the 
> registry, under *\Software\R-core\R\, where * is HKLM or HKCU, depending 
> on what permissions the user had who installed it.  But some users don't 
> run the installer (maybe because someone else installed it on a network, 
> or they built it themselves) so that isn't completely reliable.

On Unix/Linux we have

$ R RHOME
/usr/lib/R

but same thing doesn't work with Rterm on Windows AFAICS. I wonder if it 
shouldn't?


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